Bossier Parish, Louisiana
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Bossier Parish History
Bossier Parish was created on Feb. 24, 1843 and named for the Louisiana Creole militia general Pierre Evariste Jean Baptiste Bossier. Bossier Parish is also known as Cotton Parish. Bossier parish lies in the extreme northwestern part of the State, fronting Red river on the west for about seventy-five miles, and only separated from Texas by the parish of Caddo. On the north it is bounded by the State of Arkansas.  Benton is the parish seat.

Photo by Billy Hathorn  CC BY SA 3.0
Bossier Parish Courthouse in 2009

Cities and Towns
Benton * Bossier City * Eastwood * Haughton * Plain Dealing * Red Chute

Unincorporated Areas
Adner * Antrim * Badcou * Barksdale * Bellevue * Blenheim * Bolinger * Caplis * Carterville * Curtis * Ferguson * Fillmore * Hinkle * Hughes * Ivan * Koran * Linton * Mayer * Midway * Morris * Mott * Oakland * Princeton * Red Chute * Redland * Rocky Mount * Vanceville * Ward View * Willow Chute
 

 

 

Bossier Parish Data
 
Church 
Records
Miscellaneous
Data
School
Records
Slavery
Records
Wills/
Probate Records
  

WEBSITE UPDATES:

Feb 2025: Birth News: DORAN

Jan 2025: Birth News: CRUMPLER; Marriage News: WEST, DOTY, MEARES, JONES, TOLAND, KNIGHT, KEETH, SANDERS, ARBUTHNOT, FERRY; Visiting News: WEIR, WYCHE, BRON, KELLY, YOUNG, TAYLOR, SENTELL, FLIPPIN, DIBBLE, NICHOLSON, BROWNLEE, HAMITER, CHAMBERS, ABNEY, CAPLIS, THOMPSON, NORTH, CONGER, SCHWEITZER, JOHNSTON, WYCHE, FLOURNOY, SCANLAND

Oct 2024: Bios: BONNER; Community News: 1878 plums, mad dogs, eclipse, cotton, rain

Jun 2024: Bios: CANFIELD, FULLER, GRAY; Cemeteries: PILKINTON Cemetery; Marriage News:  WATSON, DALEY; Ads: 1871 Ads: RODGERS, RIALTO Drinking Saloon, RASBERRY, MOBLEY, SWANN, FORT; Sick List News: KELLEY; Parish Records: 1871 Boosier Parish Directory; Family: WHEELER Family Bible

Jan 2024: Military: 1890 Veterans Schedule; Death News: LUDLOW, HILL, CLARK; Ads: SNIDER, LOWRY, VANCE, LEWIS; Court News: DREW, FOLSOM, BRYAN, ONLEY, TURNER, PAYNE, KENNEDY, RADY, SIMON, DICKSON, BOON, RICHARDSON, JETER, DILLON, HODGE, HUFF, PICKETT, SENTELL, HYAMS, DUCO, DICKSON, HAMILTON, BOON, ONEAL, RICHARDSON, LEVEL, SMITH, SNIDER, HEROLD, VANCE, MCLEISH

Sept 2023: Marriage News: MCDADE, CORNELL, LEWIS, BYRD, DOLES, MCCLENAGHAN, ABNEY, HICKMAN; Visiting News: CRESWELL, MURFF, SHEPPARD, WARREN, JETER, ONEAL, SIMPSON, SMITH, HALL, CABEEN; News: Newspapers of Bossier Parish; Community News: WYCHE; Death News: MERCER

May 2023: Marriage News: BIRDWELL, JETER, SCALES, FLEMING, PICKETT, HUNGERFORD, WYCHE, MEAREST; Death News: YOUNG, PARKER, CONNELL; Crime News: VANCE; Ads: SNIDER, SMITH, MURFF, LOWRY, ABNEY, WATSON, SMITH, Union Hotel, WASSON, CARSTARPHEN, GRYDER; Visiting News: LOWERY; History: 1914 Historical Overview; Sick List News: HICKS, CADE, KELLY

Jan 2023: Marriage News: WARREN, THOMAS; Military: Vietnam War Casualties, Korean War Casualties

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Surrounding Parishes and Counties
North: Lafayette County, Ark.
East: Webster Parish
Southeast: Bienville Parish; Red River Parish
Southwest: Caddo Parish
Northwest: Miller County, Ark

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